The deal will “transform the continent’s defence industry”, claims the American supplier, Anduril Industries.
The deal will “transform the continent’s defence industry”, claims the American supplier, Anduril Industries.
The opposition has criticised the government for giving the missiles to Ukraine.
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Under the €3.3 billion deal, 10,000 CGR-080 precision-guided missiles will be produced in Poland.
Poland is the first of America’s allies to fully operationalise the system.
“The goal is not only to compensate Poland for the loss of equipment, but above all to acquire and jointly develop new defence and industrial competencies.”
“This is another step in the great modernisation of the Polish armed forces,” says Poland’s defence minister.
“Together with our Polish friends, we will also secure NATO airspace,” said Germany’s defence minister.
Krzysztof Gawkowski also called on the Ukrainian president to stop “pestering” Poland for more support.
It would risk NATO “becoming part of the conflict”, says Jens Stoltenberg.
“The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s defence ministry.
It is the largest ever commercial agreement between the two countries.
It would be the first country outside the US to manufacture Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
Several hundred personnel from the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, will be based in the Lublin region of eastern Poland.
The Polish government has proposed that Germany should place the Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine, rather than in Poland.